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When I was in grade school Nana (who lived in another state) would always send me the Science Times section of The New York Times every week when she and Grampa were done with it. I think that's why I scored in the 97th percentile in the science section of the ACT standardized test I took when I was in high school. When I was in college, I consciously decided to pursue art because I thought my life might be more interesting socially, and I probably didn't believe in myself enough to take myself seriously. I feel certain that there were gender-related dynamics limiting my ability to imagine a future Brooks. And my chief advisors, Nana and Grampa, wanted me to be like my Mother, who had pursued art.
Now I'm a yoga teacher and writer. And a creative life-liver.
When I found out about The Science of Yoga, by William J. Broad, senior science writer for The New York Times, I was excited and immediately said "yes" to a preview copy from Simon & Schuster. I was also a bit hesitant to the content because of the colossal misstep in the Times' presentation of the adapted excerpt from the book. It seemed to upset both teachers and students of yoga, and no matter how it affects sales of the book the preview held a rather alarmist and incomplete message.
But I found the book to be really interesting and informative, even if I don't always agree with the way Mr. Broad extends non-yoga related data to make up numbers about yoga dangers. To be fair, "beauty parlor syndrome" where people have suffered from stroke after their head was thrown back in a sink at a beauty parlor has been compared to yoga in a few places, and Mr. Broad is also referring to the warnings and worries of a highly credentialed neurophysiologist (Mr. Russell) from 1972 regarding yoga and the danger of stroke. It is worthwhile to consider this information. I am definitely having more respect for the fascinating way that blood flows to the head.
In traversing the neck, the vertebral arteries go through a bony labyrinth that is quite unlike anything else in the body and quite different from the soft easy path that the carotids follow to the brain. The sides of each vertebra bulge outward to form loops of bone, and the arteries penetrate these loops successively in moving upward. The left and right vertebral arteries enter this gauntlet at C6 and run through the loops until they reach the top of the neck, at which point they start to zig and zag back and forth as they move towards the skull. Between C2 andC1, they usually bend forward, and then, upon exiting the bony rings of C1, usually curve sharply backward toward the foramen magnum—the large hole at the base of the skull that acts as a conduit for not only blood vessels but nerves, ligaments, and the spinal cord. Anatomists describe the final journey of the vertebral arteries toward the brain as serpentine and report much variability in the exact route from person to person. It is not unusual for the tops of the vertebral arteries to branch out in a tangle of coils, kinks, and loops.
|A view from within the labyrinth at Kripalu.
Where Iyengar saw benefits, Russell saw danger. The postures, he said, "must for some people be hazardous." His choice of the word "must" betrayed the speculative nature of his worry…Mr. Broad goes on to paint a "big picture" for us reaching for some big numbers for people who might die from having a stroke from yoga, considering his estimates reasonable "given all the neck twisting and bending." But at least one of his numbers introducing the topic is incorrect according to a few places I looked. He asserts that the neck "can rotate on its axis about 50 degrees." This is lower than other sources. So how much weight should we put on Broad's terrifying account?
At one point he says (and the subject goes on for pages…):
…the medical world had exactly zero evidence about the frequency of such damage.And even though this is written in past tense, I didn't see that there was any conclusive evidence offered in this account.
But it did make me want to sharpen my eyes in teaching, and my practice. So that's okay. It's good to have more information, and a reporter's ideas on a subject. But to have such a long and terrifying account of the subject of stroke and yoga, based on so little evidence seemed irresponsible especially in the excerpt that was published in the Times. It indeed painted a big picture, but what was it of? It seemed somewhat sensational, even though it is easy to recognize that there is the potential for danger in any activity. So that's why it's hard to completely refute Broad's account of things. And it made me suspicious of The New York Times and perhaps how they perceive yoga that it would print such a biased piece with goofy photo illustrations that only served to make the subject matter more strange and even macabre.
So there it is, I resisted talking about the dreaded article, only to end up talking about it.
And I've spent time reading and considering the book, and find it good. It is well put together, and full of interesting studies that have been done on aspects of yoga that show benefit:
The 2010 paper examined more than eighty studies that compared yoga and regular exercise. The analysis, by health specialists at the University of Maryland, found that yoga equaled or surpassed exercise in such things as improving balance, reducing fatigue, decreasing anxiety, cutting stress, lifting moods, improving sleep, reducing pain, lowering cholesterol, and more generally in raising the quality of life for yogis, both socially and on the job.There is also a strong sexual thread in the book that I wrote a bit about at ElephantJournal.com:
The Science of Yoga: from Ritual Sex to Yogic Hypersexuality. A Book Review.
And I don't agree with Mr. Broad's recommendation:
But to have a hope of exerting greater influence on the organization of global health care, yoga must come into closer alignment with science—with clinical trials and professional accreditation, with governmental authorities and their detailed evaluations, probably even with the insurance companies and their dreaded red tape. Yoga could become a major force. Or it could stay on the sidelines, a marginal pursuit, lost in myths, looking to the past, prone to guru worship, fracturing into ever more lineages, increasingly isolated as the world moves on.No thank you, on the governmental authority over yoga. I could go on... But, that's enough for now.
I guess it's not because I also need to say that yoga is definitely not on the sidelines. Clearly it is being recognized. This book is evidence of that. And I hope that this book helps more men get into yoga. The focus on men's sexual health could help that. I also hope that this book will encourage more scientific studies of yoga. I found the results presented in The Science of Yoga to be really interesting, and it's nice to be able to tell students that some of the claims of yoga books have been proven in a scientific setting. And that there are some benefits that may surpass what has been said before.


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It is, like, the least surprising thing in the world that this Yankee fan, who got hit in the face with a foul ball, is holding a BlackBerry. His collar is popped under his Yankees t-shirt. Ugh.
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"… it is of utmost importance that an equilibrium be established between the world's total population and the capacity of 'spaceship earth'…" – RIO: Reshaping the International Order, 1976 (p124)
The establishment of a World Food Authority to control the food supply of the world is a major goal of The Club of Rome's RIO report. This issue is intertwined with exaggerated fears of environmental collapse and the elite's obsession with population control.
The Club of Rome is a premiere think tank composed of approximately 100 members including leading scientists, philosophers, political advisors, former politicians and many other influential bureaucrats and technocrats. This series of articles describes the major conclusions of the 1976 book Rio: Reshaping the International Order: A Report to the Club of Rome [1] coordinated by Nobel Laureate Jan Tinbergen. The RIO report "addresses the following question: what new international order should be recommended to the world's statesmen and social groups so as to meet, to the extent practically and realistically possible, the urgent needs of today's population and the probable needs of future generations?"
Part 1 of this series gives an overview of the proposed new international order described by the RIO report as "humanistic socialism". This includes: collective neighbourhood armies, a fully planned world economy, global free trade, public international enterprises, proposed changes in consumption patterns among other topics. Changes to the financial system including international taxation and the creation of a World Treasury, World Central Bank and World Currency are examined in part 2. Part 3 addresses the redefinition of sovereignty from "territorial sovereignty" to "functional sovereignty" as well as the use of the concept of the "common heritage of mankind" to gain international control of not just the oceans, atmosphere and outer space but also all material and non-material resources. Part 4 discusses the generation of public opinion and the use of white coated propagandists.
The Environmental Scare
From RIO: Reshaping the International Order:
[Italicised text is original emphasis and bolded text is added by author.]
"History has frequently shown that people, in times of crisis and once convinced of the necessity for change, are prepared to accept policies which demand changes in their behaviour so as to help secure better lives for themselves and their children." – 110
The threat of environmental catastrophe to further the population control agenda is nothing new and continues to this day with the manmade global warming scare. Back in the 1970's the Club of Rome was not shy at using the environmental catastrophe card to push for population control. Below are some examples from RIO: Reshaping the International Order:
"Moreover, it has been estimated that by 1985 all land surfaces, except those so cold or at such high altitudes as to be incompatible with human habitation or exploration, will have been occupied and utilized by man." – 89
"Although not yet proven, climatologists are being forced to conclude that our planet has in recent times passed through a period which may well have been optimal as far as food production is concerned. They believe that future decades may well be characterized by extremes – hot and cold, wet and dry – without necessarily a change in average temperature. (4)" – 90
The endnote used to back up this claim is given below:
"(4) There is certainly sufficient evidence for this concern: the Asian monsoons were unsatisfactory for three successive years between 1972-1974; severe droughts in the Sahel and other parts of Africa and the Great Plains area of the United States and Canada in 1974; an unexpected late frost in Brazil in 1975 which may have destroyed as much as 60 per cent of its 1976 coffee crop. The growing season of the best grain producing areas in the Soviet Union is now believed to [be] about a week shorter than it was in the 1950's; an even more pronounced shift appears to have taken place in the United Kingdom." – 97
Do these types of arguments sound familiar?
"Much effort has been made in the past ten years, in some industrialized countries, to bring the disadvantage facing many Third World countries to the attention of large numbers of people. If it has met with only limited success, it is probably because it has failed to bring out the concept of interdependence of countries and issues. More attention must in future be focused on information and education on how our planet functions and on the 'survival fact' that the claim of the whole is wider and deeper than the claim of any of its parts. There is also a fundamental need to develop a broadly educated political class which is capable of understanding science and the broad implications, possibilities and dangers of technological advance, and which can harness technological advance for constructive social purposes." – 111
Population Control and The World Food Authority
"… these threats [of food shortage] might well be exacerbated by increasing population pressures and deteriorating climatological conditions." – 135
"Population control policies carry the important indirect consequence of restricting the supply of unskilled labour, thereby raising its price." – 73
"If the world is to be liberated from the continual nightmares of hunger and malnutrition, these and the various measures proposed by the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization] Worlds Food Conference should be implemented to the full and call for the creation of the World Food Authority, with extensive and real powers; or, as a second best, the World Food Council proposed by the World Food Conference." – 138
"internationally owned and internationally managed [food] buffer stocks…" – 226
"the question of introducing meat rationing should be seriously considered [for developed countries]." – 227
Food as a Weapon
The incredible power that would be accomplished from a massive concentration of food stocks under the control of a single agency did not escape the authors of this report to the Club of Rome. The reigning food situation in the world was dominated by the great dependence of many countries on the North American breadbasket. This gave the Americans a considerable amount of power over their dependent countries.
"the American Secretary for Agriculture who has observed: "Food is a weapon. It is one of the principal tools in our negotiating kit" " – 29
The further centralization of food stocks under a single international power would only increase the abuse of food supplies not decrease it. This, quite naturally, is the point. The result of this control is well described by Bertrand Russell (who strongly supported this idea) in his 1952 book The Impact of Science of Society [2]:
"To deal with this problem [increasing population and decreasing food supplies] it will be necessary to find ways of preventing an increase in world population. If this is to be done otherwise than by wars, pestilence, and famines, it will demand a powerful international authority. This authority should deal out the world's food to the various nations in proportion to their population at the time of the establishment of the authority. If any nation subsequently increased its population it should not on that account receive any more food. The motive for not increasing population would therefore be very compelling. What method of preventing an increase might be preferred should be left to each state to decide." – 124
The final article in this series deals with a variety of issues including global solidarity, regional unions, legal changes and a standing United Nations Peace Force.
[1] Quotes from Jan Tinbergen, RIO: Reshaping the International Order: A Report to the Club of Rome (1976). ISBN 0-525-04340-3
[2] Quotes from Bertrand Russell, The Impact of Science on Society (1952). ISBN 0-415-10906-X
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Yeah, so last night at the 706...
Bryan (Rose), the uber-family pastor at Compass, is currently on vacation. A much-needed vacation, to be sure. Since his Roseship is currently out of the office, this means the care and feeding of the kids who come to the 706 fell to the only other person currently attending Compass who (a) has had any experience with these monkeys, and (b) has a heart to want to spend time with said monkeys.
So, last night, before the 706 began, I had this...moment...where I stopped. And paused. And thought about what was going on around me:
Teenagers. Laughing. Eating snacks. Playing silly games. Coming together voluntarily for a Bible study. Seeking me out to tell me about the stuff going on in their lives. Joking with me. Throwing shoes at me. All there at this church at this time in this place in their lives...
...and I was completely and utterly in charge...
...with no person watching over me...
...and it felt utterly natural. Utterly real.
I was completely at peace, and felt...at home. Like this was what I was supposed to be doing.
Anyway, I'll spare you the details on the tears that were shed, the Legos that were autographed, and the fact that I accidentally endorced vandalism.
Read on below for the outline of my notes from last night:
706 NOTES – 4-25-07: THE STORY OF YOU, Week Seven
1. LEGOS – one of my favorite toys as a kid. Period.
2. Can't tell you the # of times had to empty out vacuum bags, number of ones dropped down heating grates.
3. Ever been to Downtown Disney in Orlando? Lego stores? HUGE bins of all kinds of shapes, colors, just reach your arm in and swirl around?
4. One of my favorite activities w/staff is the LEGO CHALLENGE (explain – divide in two piles – make a car/house – have to use parts from others piles – learn what it means to share from a common source).
5. Last few weeks we've told a few great stories – Jeremiah – Moses – will move on into other (David, Elijah), but for now, it's kinda time to reflect a little.
Matthew 28: 16-17 - Meanwhile, the eleven disciples were on their way to Galilee, headed for the mountain Jesus had set for their reunion. The moment they saw him they worshiped him. Some, though, held back, not sure about worship, about risking themselves totally.
6. After Easter, isn't it amazing that these people who walked w/Jesus were still questioning Him? "Are you sure He's the Son of God?"
7. And there are the people who had a front row seat for His life.
8. We are told that Jesus' ministry on Earth was for three years. Not sure how many of these people walked all three years, how many were there for only one.
Luke 15: 1-2 - Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
9. THX – the audience is listening.
10. How many of you have ridden in a car/plane and you sit next to some talkative person when all you want to do is sleep? (Ashley)
11. Story on news about how people will share their deepest, darkest secrets with total strangers on an airplane – because they feel its safe, they believe they won't ever see that person again – have to deal w/consequences of sharing that.
Matthew 28: 18-20 - Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
12. I heard somewhere that in making this charge to the Disciples, Jesus was telling them to immerse others (baptize) in a community to experience the love of God. To invite them, to invite people that are different from them, into experiencing a relationship.
13. When we only associate with other Christians, when we insulate ourselves, what are we telling the world about Jesus? Are we showing Someone who welcomes?
14. The real question isn't when do we tell people about Jesus (share testimony), but what do we tell people about Jesus? What do we say by the stories of our lives?
15. God is relational. We're made in the image of God. We feel a NEED, a drive to relate to, to connect with other people. That's why most of you can't imagine the idea of a life without your cell phone.
16. We're sort of like God's Legos. A Lego by itself isn't much of anything, but two or more together – that's the foundation for something bigger.
17. Matthew 16 – when Jesus asked about who people said He was, it wasn't because He was going through an identity crisis. I think it was because He wanted to see where He fit into peoples' lives.
18. When we don't tell each other about our problems, we run counter to the purpose of why we're here. We act as a solo Lego and not as a connector.
19. Many of you have heard the statement we live in a fractured world. The world is broken (after the fall, etc.).
20. We're here to help to put each other together.


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The winners of our #DreamTraverse Video Contest set of on their week long traverse across Lesotho in Southern Africa today.
Grobler Basson and his friends from Cape Town, South Africa, have had the dream of traversing the central part of the Kingdom of Lesotho already for quite some time. Winning Suunto's #DreamTraverse Video Contest's 5.000 euro main prize in November gave their project a boost.
Today the team of 18 people started their traverse at Maliba Lodge, which is located in the northern part of Lesotho. The athletes completing the traverse while trail running, mountain biking, kayaking as well as swimming are Raoul Hamman, Hanmarie Stadler, Gustav Roberts, Charl Swart, Quintin van Heerden, Chris de Bruyn, André Joubert, Grobler Basson, Neelke Stadler and Vian Espost. In the documenting, logistics and support roles are Gideo Basson, Josh Rowe, Attie Stadler, Erika Basson, Karmien Joubert, Janine du Bruyn, Inge Basson and Joshua Oostuizen.
The team's logistics crew is driving an overland truck that carries people, mountain bikes, kayaks and all the rest of the gear, food and filming equipment.
We talked to Grobler Basson just before the start.
How remote are the mountains of Lesotho?
"The term 'remoteness' in the Lesotho mountains has a slightly different meaning. Even though we may see some herd boys high up in the mountains communication is desperate at best as my knowledge of the native language Sesotho is scary! As Lesotho is a full on third world country, medical assistance would preferably be sought in South Africa which is a 5 to 7 hour drive by car when picked up on a viable road."
Are you following an existing route or are you taking your own way across the Mountain Kingdom?
"The least amount of known routes possible was our outset from the start. However, during the mountain biking legs there will be some jeep track and even a small stretch of tarmac. The remainder of the route is unknown and new, we will be navigating these stages and following some game trails as well as trails made by the local heard-boys. On the first and last trail running stages we will traverse large ridgelines where no paths exist.
How long is the route?
"The route is approximately 210km. According to our route schedule, trail running should make up about 70km, mountain biking 110km, kayaking 28km and a couple of kilometres for swimming. However, as we will be navigating in some unknown territory, these figures are seen as mere guidelines!"
The trail running route on the first day will reach an elevation of 3200 meters.
What are the biggest challenges?
"As Lesotho has been experiencing some severe drought, water during the long and remote stages becomes a concern. Navigational errors may see some of the athletes prolong their stages significantly. The weather is also a concern. Even though it is summer time, last month while competing in the Salomon Skyrun about 180km from where we will start, it started snowing. Due to the high mountain climate, to under estimate the weather could pose significant danger."
What will be the highlights of the traverse?
"I think this traverse will be filled with some amazing highlights, but when all is said and done and our bodies start to show the miles, to look back and say I experienced this with my closes friends is priceless. It is something that money can't buy. We truly believe life is better in a team!"
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School nursing brings you an amazing collection of hypochondriacs, and it gets worse with winter break coming and they get restless. So today, besides the usual collection of snotty noses, stomach aches, and "I can't do PE because..." I had this.
Kid #1: "Somethings wrong with my eyes. I can't read the board today."
Me: "Don't you wear glasses?"
Kid#1: "Yeah, but I left them at home."
Kid #2: "I've had this bump on my little finger since I was five, and it looks the same."
Me: "You're ten now. So why are you here?"
Kid#2: "I wanna know what it is."
I also want to thank the 2 teachers (neither of whom was a sub) who sent these kids to my office during regular class time for these complaints.


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Slumgullion will be delayed this week.
A coed synth rock band that blends catchy originals and well-chosen cover tunes into a party atmosphere, Dot Dot Dot has been playing gigs around the country for a few years now. They return home for a couple of Chicago area concerts this weekend, starting with a 10:30 show at Durty Nellie's in Palatine tonight. The Personnel is also on the bill, admission is $5.00
Tomorrow night, Dot Dot Dot will be the featured entertainment at the Kiss It Gala/Benefit in Streamwood. The $75 admission fee to this black-tie optional event will help raise funds for Cancer Kiss My Cooley, a not-for-profit organization seeking to raise awareness about pediatric brain cancer. In addition to rocking and dancing to Dot Dot Dot, there will also includes dinner, cocktails, and a live auction.


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Ultimate Software Ranks #20 on FORTUNE®'s 2014 List of the 100 Best Companies to Work For
Date: January 16, 2014 1:05 PM EDT
WESTON, FL--Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced today that the company has again been named to FORTUNE® magazine's 2014 100 Best Companies to Work For® list. The list, now in its 17th year, recognizes companies that have exceptional workplace cultures. Ranked #20, Ultimate is the only human capital management (HCM) provider on this prestigious list. Previously, Ultimate was ranked #9 on FORTUNE®'s 2013 list and #25 on its 2012 list as well as #1 on the medium-size company list of Best Places to Work by Great Place to Work® in both 2008 and 2009.
"We are honored to receive this FORTUNE® recognition once again this year. Our success as a company is rooted in our people. Since our inception as a company, we have believed our people to be the secret to customer loyalty, product and service excellence, and building a business," said Scott Scherr, CEO, president, and founder of Ultimate. "The talent and commitment of our people have enabled us to deliver the finest unified suite of HCM products and services in the industry. I am proud of what our people have accomplished together in both supporting each other and our 2,700 customers."
In addition to receiving this honor from FORTUNE®, Ultimate's recent recognition also includes being recognized as one of the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™, named a 'Leader' in Nucleus Research's HCM Technology Value Matrix, and honored with the highest rating by Constellation Research in its Cloud Buyer's Bill of Rights Certification. Our UltiPro Retention Predictor™, an analytics tool designed to help companies improve employee retention, was named the Gold winner for Best Advance in Unique Talent Technology by Brandon Hall Group and also was awarded Best New Product Feature of the Year in the Best in Biz Awards.
Ultimate extends our congratulations to our customers that also made FORTUNE®'s 2014 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. These include Google, Quicken Loans, Camden Property Trust, David Weekley Homes, NuStar Energy, The Container Store, Baker Donelson, JM Family Enterprises, Perkins Coie, Kimley-Horn and Associates, TDIndustries, Adobe Systems, Hyland Software, and Cooley LLP. We offer Google our heartiest congratulations for ranking #1 for the last three years.
Through our cloud services, Ultimate develops, supports, and delivers global people management solutions to companies of all sizes across diverse industries. Ultimate helps thousands of customers manage their workforces with strategic, cost-effective technology that covers the full range of HCM, including HR, benefits, payroll, talent acquisition, talent management, compensation management, and time and labor management.
Ultimate was selected among hundreds of companies vying for a place on the list this year. Applicant companies opt to participate in the selection process, which includes an employee survey and an in-depth questionnaire about their programs and company practices. Great Place to Work® then evaluates each application using its unique methodology based on five dimensions: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie.
Creators of the list, Great Place to Work® has found that employees believe they work for great organizations when they consistently trust the people they work for, have pride in what they do, and enjoy the people they work with. Some of the other companies on the 2014 list along with Ultimate are: Google, American Express, Adobe, Intel, Microsoft, Mayo Clinic, Goldman Sachs, and Whole Foods, to name just a few.
"Part of the magic of the list is its diversity across industries and geographies. As companies' external reputations become intrinsically linked to who they are internally, being known as a great workplace will become imperative," said China Gorman, Global Chief Executive Officer of Great Place to Work®. "FORTUNE®'s 100 Best Companies to Work For grows more competitive every year, and this list represents the best of the best. While each company is unique, what they have in common are strong cultures that support positive workplaces."
Organizations named on this annual list see many benefits that include better financial performance, less employee turnover, higher levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, more innovative and creative thinking, higher productivity, and enhanced public perception. To see the complete list of the 2014 FORTUNE® 100 Best Companies to Work For, visit money.cnn.com/magazinesortune/best-companies/2014/list. To learn more about how to build a high-trust workplace culture, visit www.greatplacetowork.com.
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Even at a graveyard, Beauty and the Beast's Cat and Vincent can't get alone time.
On the anniversary of her mom's death, Cat (Kristin Kreuk) and Vincent (Jay Ryan) visit her grave, but before they get too close, Vincent spots Gabe (Sendhil Ramamurthy) paying his respects as well.
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This fits my requirement of fun, but it looks more complicated than I wanted to tackle this month. I've bookmarked the site for future use though!
Christianne from Little Page Turners said she brought string cheese for her daughter's class (to mixed reviews). Their school does not allow homemade food, only store bought. You'd think finding fresh, tasty string cheese in Wisconsin would be an easy task, but not so, at least in our experience. My husband's parents live near a cheese factory that makes the absolute best string cheese, but I'm just not willing to drive 3+ hours for a school snack. I'm sure there's a closer source, so we'll have to search around before next month's leader day.
After spending a bit of time online browsing, I decided to bring bananas and let the kids turn them into ghosts. (Modified version of Family Fun Banana Ghosts idea.) Since I was volunteering at school during snack time I was able to help peel and cut the bananas in half. Then I provided each child with a small bag of regular Cheerios and a few mini chocolate chips and let them decorate their own half-banana ghosts. I loved all the variations - one boy made his into a one-eyed alien and one of the girls made hair for her ghost. Almost all the kids ate their creations when they finished creating so I guess the snack was a hit!
Imagine my surprise when I learned that the class treasure book of the day was Boo to A Goose by Mem Fox, illustrated by David Miller. The kids might not say "Boo" to a goose, but they sure had fun making their ghosts say Boo!
What books would you recommend reading along with the Banana Ghosts snack? We like Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'connell, Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kohara and The Ghost's Dinner by Jacques Duquennoy.
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My favorite day of the year? December 26th
Why? Because it's....over! It is wonderful to get up in the morning and know I have nowhere to be, nothing to do. And the fact that the kids are happy, well that's just a bonus.
I hosted J's family, about 15 people in all, for dinner (potluck, I am not stupid!) and present opening. Unfortunately, I didn't take a single picture! It was a lot of fun. And a lot of work. I earned my rest, between food, cleaning, wrapping and getting ready. J was a huge help, thank goodness.
So I woke up and wii played.
Can you tell from the picture what the favorite present was this year? We are having a great time. I won't be singing in public anytime soon, though...
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On Feb. 15 a giant asteroid will be visible as it passes very close to Earth, and there are also predictions of a large solar storm. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
It may sound unsettling to hear that a potential killer known as asteroid 2012 DA14 will be coming closer to Earth than telecommunication satellites on Feb. 15, but don't panic: Earth's gravitational field will give it such a kick that we'll never have to worry about it again.
"It has been getting closer to Earth for quite a while," Donald Yeomans, the head of NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told reporters on Thursday during a preview for the close encounter. "This is the closest predicted [flyby] for this object both in the past and in the future."
NASA's calculations show that Earth's gravity will perturb the 150-foot-wide (45-meter-wide) asteroid's orbital period, which had been getting close to Earth's own one-year orbit. "Earth is going to put this one in an orbit that is considerably safer than the orbit it has been in," Yeomans said.
That makes 2012 DA14 nothing more than one of the universe's most vivid reminders that we live in a cosmic shooting gallery. The rocky asteroid's orbit is so well-known that Yeomans can say it will pass by Earth at a minimum distance of 17,200 miles (27,700 kilometers), plus or minus 100 miles. That's in the "sweet spot" between GPS satellite orbits (6,000 to 12,000 miles) and geosynchronous telecom satellites (22,000 miles), Yeomans said.
He said that there's an "extremely remote" chance that 2012 DA14 could hit a satellite on its way in or out of Earth's neighborhood, and that satellite operators were being given orbital tracking data as a precaution. But William Ailor, an expert on orbital debris at The Aerospace Corp., told NBC News that the chance is hardly worth worrying about.
"The fact is, we don't have collisions very often, even among the satellites that are there all the time," Ailor said. "Space is very active, but there's a lot of it above us."
NASA video previews the Feb. 15 close encounter with asteroid 2012 DA14, which will bring a 150-foot-wide space rock within the orbit of Earth's telecommunication satellites.
Yeomans said the prime viewing for 2012 DA14 will be available from eastern Europe, Asia and Australia, where it will be dark during the time of closest approach at 2:24 p.m. ET Feb. 15. But even at its brightest, the asteroid will still be too dim to see with the naked eye. You'd need a binoculars or a small telescope to spot it, and you'd have to know exactly where to look from your locale. During the close approach, the asteroid will be moving across a patch of sky nearly twice as wide as the full moon every minute. "That's very fast," Yeomans said.
If you're lucky enough to catch sight of the asteroid, don't expect to see any detail. "What you would see through a small telescope would be something that looked just like a star, a small point of light," said Timothy Spahr, director of the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Yeomans said the asteroid will be passing by at the speed of 17,500 mph (7.8 kilometers per second). "That's roughly eight times the velocity of a bullet from a high-speed rifle," he said.
Scientists aren't even sure exactly what 2012 DA14 is made of, although they suspect it's a rocky L-type asteroid. To get better information about its size and composition, experts plan to use radio telescopes in New Mexico and California as well as other astronomical assets.
NASA's Donald Yeomans answers the most commonly asked questions about the Feb. 15 close encounter with asteroid 2012 DA14.
2012 DA14 was discovered less than a year ago by a Spanish team at the La Sagra Astronomical Observatory, and initially stirred up a wave of doomsday worries. Fortunately, NASA quickly analyzed the observations and ruled out any chance of a collision.
Experts estimate that 150-foot-wide asteroids zoom as close to Earth as 2012 DA14 will every 40 years or so, and actually hit Earth every 1,200 years.
If the asteroid were on a collision course, Feb. 15 would have been a very bad day: A rocky asteroid that big would explode into pieces on the way down, releasing as much energy as a 2.5-megaton atomic blast. Such a scenario took place in 1908 when a space rock blew up over the forests of Siberia, knocking down millions of trees over an 820-square-mile area, Yeomans said. That's not as big of a catastrophe as, say, the impact of a 6-mile-wide asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago — but if Siberia's "Tunguska Event" had occurred over a city, that city would have been wiped out.
Earth may have lucked out this time, but Yeomans noted that "there are lots of asteroids we are watching where we haven't yet ruled out an Earth impact." In 2011, NASA estimated that more than 90 percent of the near-Earth objects wider than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) have been identified and put on the tracking list. However, only about a third of the objects between a kilometer and 100 meters (330 feet) are being tracked. And NASA has detected only a small proportion of the estimated 1 million asteroids that are smaller than 100 meters but still capable of doing significant damage — asteroids like 2011 DA14.
"It's an effort that will take another decade or two," said Lindley Johnson, program executive for NASA's Near-Earth Object Observations Program.
More about asteroids:
- What to do with a killer asteroid? Ideas wanted
- Sorry, Bruce: The asteroid would win in real 'Armageddon'
- Search for near-Earth asteroids needs a speed boost
- Cosmic Log archive on asteroids
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.
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- Talks Saturday between the NFL and referees' union don't produce a breakthrough
- The referees' union negotiator says his members "won't be back on the field" next week
- The NFL earlier told teams that replacement referees would start the regular season
The big calls in the NFL's opening week won't be made by the league's veteran referees, the referees' top negotiator said Saturday.
The NFL has so far failed to reach a labor agreement with its regular referees, and no further talks are scheduled.
The league's 32 teams received a memo Wednesday indicating that "in light of the current state of negotiations, ... we will have replacement crews on the field when the regular season begins," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.
Nonetheless, talks continued -- including a meeting Saturday morning in which the two sides "discussed various potential solutions to reach a new collective bargaining agreement," NFL Referees Association lead negotiator Mike Arnold said in a statement. But there was no breakthrough.
"We are disappointed, because it means that our members will not be back on the field for week one of the regular season due to the NFL's continuing lockout," Arnold said.
The first game is Wednesday at MetLife Stadium in northern New Jersey, between the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. The other opening week games will be played the following Sunday, except for two contests Monday, September 10.
Negotiations between the league and the referees about pay and other matters have gone on and off for months. In the meantime, the NFL hired replacement referees who have been working games throughout the preseason.
"The replacements have undergone extensive training and evaluation, and have shown steady improvement during the preseason," the NFL's Aiello said earlier this week.
Some of the replacement referees' work so far has come under criticism, from their penalty calls (or lack thereof) to communication issues. The Cincinnati Bengals, on that NFL team's official Twitter feed, called out these refs earlier this week for "getting a little flag-happy."
Adam Podlesh, a punter and players' union representative for the Chicago Bears, said having replacement referees make calls during the regular season is "in the back of our minds (and) a bit of a concern."
"We just hope that these officials know the rules, know how to enforce them and can keep the game under control and keep order," Tom Coughlin, the Giants' head coach, told reporters this week.
This marks the second straight summer that the pro football league has been involved in a drawn-out labor dispute.
The league's owners locked out players on March 11, 2011, suspending the labor deal in place at the time in hopes of creating a new financial structure. Ten players, including marquee quarterbacks Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, subsequently filed an antitrust lawsuit against the league on behalf of other current and eligible NFL athletes.
The two sides engaged in a sometimes bitter and public back-and-forth over the following months. They finally agreed on a deal in late July, with only one preseason game being canceled as a result.
There were no plans then to use replacement players absent a deal, as had been done in 1987 and as will be done this year with the NFL's referees.


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The History Show Sunday 13 January 2013
Bringing the past to life! Discover how our world was shaped as Myles Dungan and guests explore events ranging from medieval times to the recent past
"By God's providence and with the unremitting zeal and loyalty of all concerned, we were able to come through the trial successfully'
Taoiseach, Eamon De Valera speaking there in September 1945 in the aftermath of the Second World War. Ireland was in a very depressed state. We were struggling with high inflation, falling living standards and rationing - despite the country's wartime neutrality.
So what was life like for people here after World War II? How reluctant were we to take in refugees? And how did we treat the Irish who returned after fighting for the Allied forces.
Historian, Michael Kennedy from the Royal Irish Academy and Bernard Kelly, author of Returning Home talked about life in Ireland after World War II as well as our attitude to refugees and returning war veterans.
Bernard Kelly's book Returning Home – Irish Ex-Servicemen after the Second World War is published by Merrion.
Quotes from government and official sources in 1945:
Official Ireland did not have a distinguished record when it came to taking in Jewish refugees during the war. This Department of Justice memo, written in November 1945, shows that this situation wasn't about to change after the surrender of Germany.
'The immigration of Jews is generally discouraged. The wealth and influence on the Jewish community in this country appear to have increased considerably in recent years and there is some danger of exciting opposition and controversy if this tendency continues. As Jews do not become assimilated with the native population, like other immigrants, any big increase in their numbers might create a social problem.'
Our reluctance to take in refugees didn't stop with the Jews. The net was cast a lot wider. This quote is from Sean Lemass on 12 December 1945:
'The Minister for Industry and Commerce is opposed to the proposal to admit any alien refugees to this country unless, in particular cases, such persons have some special technical qualifications or business connections of use to the country. In the Minister's opinion, it would be most undesirable to open the door even to the limited number of refugees suggested, so long as large numbers of Irish citizens remain unemployed. He would point out that at present there are approximately 62,000 men and 8,000 women registered as unemployed, and that these numbers are likely to increase with the return from Great Britain and Northern Ireland of workers who had found temporary employment there during the war years.'
In December 1945, this is how Eamon De Valera's remarks about our refugee policy were reported:
'The Taoiseach explained the attitude of the Government as being that our policy towards this problem should be liberal and generous, due regard being had to our own interests in regard to certain matters, such as employment, foreign relations and the necessity for excluding undesirable persons. Subject to the necessary safeguards in these respects we should be as helpful as possible and we should try positively to give asylum to aliens seeking refuge in existing circumstances.'
Operation Shamrock
We did however offer refuge to more than a thousand children from war-torn Germany when the Irish Red Cross set up 'Operation Shamrock'. Some had lost their parents in the war while others' homes had been destroyed. Some children were fostered and later returned to Germany while others stayed and were adopted by new Irish parents. Rhona Tarrant caught up with three refugees from post-war Germany – more than 65 on.
Hermann Goertz
One uninvited guest who arrived on these shores in the 1940s was Nazi spy, Hermann Goertz who spent a spell in prison here during World War II. He was released in 1946 and became secretary of the "Save the German Children" fund. But he came to a sticky end the following year when he poisoned himself after being told of his imminent deportation back to Germany. Historian, Sam McGrath recorded this piece for us about the day there were Swastikas and Nazi Salutes in Deansgrange Cemetery
Sam McGrath, Donal Fallon and Ciaran Murray's Book Come Here To Me – Dublin's Other History is published by New Island
Dublin's Moore Street has given rise to some of the city's most vibrant characters and it is here where the leaders of the 1916 Rising made their last stand.
The story of Moore Street is told in Barry Kennerk's latest book – and he took Orla Rapple on a historic walking tour of this famous street where she met some of its traders who go back generations.
Moore Street – The Story of Dublin's Market District by Barry Kennerk is published by Mercier Press
Going back to ancient times, belief in the wailing of the Banshee as an omen of death has existed in many parts of the country.
Oral accounts of the supernatural and fairies from the National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin sit alongside photos and lyrics in The Otherworld which has just been published. Two CDs featuring stories, songs and tunes accompany the book.
Tom Sherlock who co-edited the book talked about people's age old belief in banshees and folklore.
The Otherworld: Music and Song from Irish Tradition Edited by Rionach ui Ogain and Tom Sherlock is published by Four Courts Press.
Bringing the past to life! Discover how our world was shaped as Myles Dungan and guests explore events ranging from medieval times to the recent past.
We want to help explain ourselves to ourselves. We will search out fresh angles on familiar topics, seek out the unfamiliar and will not shy away from bizarre or controversial issues. Our ultimate goal is to make The History Show the primary port of call for those with an intense or even a modest interest in the subject. We want to entice the casual and the curious to join us in celebrating the past.
Our aim is to create informative, reflective, stimulating and above all, entertaining radio.
Join us on Sundays from 6.05pm for The History Show with Myles Dungan on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Via the Boston Globe: "Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd's new tell-all book, 'They Call Me Oil Can: My Life in Baseball,' which hits bookstores in June, should be a blockbuster if the stories are similar to what the former Red Sox pitcher told WBZ's Jon Miller yesterday at JetBlue Park. Boyd, who spent eight of his 10 major league seasons with the Red Sox, admitted he was under the influence of cocaine two-thirds of the time he was on the mound." [Boston Globe]
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It doesn't take a
superhuman intellect to get why so many gay guys geek out for
superheroes. For the nervously closeted adolescent comic book
reader, there's pretty obvious appeal in all those stories
about mild-mannered, unassuming characters with a spandex
secret stashed away in the closet. That psychologically
precarious balance between the maintenance of a double identity
and fantastical powers waiting to be unleashed is potent
enough; throw in sustained, worshipful attention to the male
physique and you've got a compelling combination.
Ah, yes, the bodies. In
the days before any conceivable type, scene, or activity was
mere keystrokes away, we pre-internet preteens took our
titillation where we found it -- and in the bulges and ripples
of the masked avengers, we found it in spades. Not that these
guys were naked, of course. They had their colored costumes.
Except that, as Michael Chabon, author of
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
, has
convincingly argued, they were really all color and no costume, their true purpose
being "the depiction of the naked human form, unfettered,
perfect, and free."
Consciously or
unconsciously, we recognized the capes, belts, and trunks for
the four-color fig leaves they were. Even so, for the
mainstream comic book reader, a little imagination was still
required -- until
Alan Moore and Dave
Gibbons' 12-part miniseries, published from 1986 to 1987, was a
bravura pastiche of superhero lore, highlighted by the
costumes: Their fetishistic potential was explicitly
acknowledged, there were jokes about how silly they looked on
aging vigilantes, and it was an index of the gulf between
mankind and the series' equivalent of
Superman --
a bright blue, godlike character called Dr. Manhattan -- that,
half the time, he didn't bother with a costume at all. Here he
was, subtext made flesh: the funny books' first balls-out hero.
To paraphrase one of the series' iconic lines, the superman
exists, and he's hung. What gay reader wouldn't pinch
Zack Snyder's feature
adaptation of
is, in most respects, a devotedly faithful translation of Moore
and Gibbons' series. As such, it often plays as a case study in
the pitfalls of simply grafting a story from one medium to
another. Things that were interesting or shocking in a comic
book context, such as sex scenes, come across as banal or
kitschy by big screen standards. Dr. Manhattan's nudity,
however, is one loyally preserved aspect that totally retains
its frisson: there he is, played by a CGI'd Billy Crudup, buck
naked for minutes at a time, big blue superjunk swinging free.
What gay viewer won't pinch himself?
Of course, it's far
from the first superhero movie with serious mo-appreciation
potential. Joel Schumacher's
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
, although terrible films, could hardly have been more
blatantly gay in their use of nipple-clad, butt-crack-flaunting
costumes and single-entendre banter. The persecution of mutants
in Bryan Singer's
movies, meanwhile, could easily be parsed as analogous to
homophobic (or indeed other kinds of) bigotry. Schumacher and
Singer are both out gay men; Snyder might be a married father
of six, but his appreciation for the heroically nude male form
was amply illustrated in his last picture,
(not to mention
widely spoofed). In fact, he seems to like a hot bod, even at the expense of
the story: in Moore and Gibbons' comic, the Batman-like Nite
Owl has some serious middle-age spread going on, but the
character played by Patrick Wilson in the movie seems to find
time to hit the gym, even if he can't always get it up.
The nudity in
is interesting not only for its quantity -- it's hard to think
of any Hollywood studio movie with more male full-frontal
content -- but for this quality of appreciation. Although in
recent years there has been an upswing in the number of dick
shots in mainstream and art-house films, they have tended to be
featured either in straight sexually explicit scenes, such as
those in Michael Winterbottom's
9 Songs, or as emblematic of male vulnerability, as in Jason Segel's
trou-dropping turn in
Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Dr Manhattan is certainly not vulnerable, and although he is
featured in a sex scene, his genitalia aren't. Rather, his nude
body is presented as both object of beauty and example of an
impossible standard of buffness -- not that far, in other
words, from a gay-porn aesthetic.
This, perhaps, is the
only way in which Snyder's movie could be seen as more radical
than its source material. The male body has been the primary
fetish object of comic books from the start; Moore and Gibbons
were just dropping the pretense. But movies have conventionally
subjected the female form to the male gaze. Unabashedly placing
peen front and center,
queers that pitch.


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LOS ANGELES — Sean "Diddy" Combs will be kicking off his tour later than expected after undergoing surgery for a shoulder injury.
The rapper and business mogul announced Friday that his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour will now begin Sept. 1 in Chicago to give him more time to recover from surgery. The tour featuring Combs, Lil' Kim, Faith Evans, French Montana and other Bad Boy Records artists had been scheduled to kick off Aug. 25 in Columbus, Ohio.
A spokeswoman for the "Mo' Money Mo' Problems" rapper says the delay will give Combs "the much needed time he needs in order to recover and give fans the incredible stage experience they have come to expect from a Puff Daddy production."


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Dr. Steven Windmueller, Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Professor at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, writes:
Jews no longer count in defining election outcomes. The Jewish community's numbers are simply too small and getting smaller. Several decades ago, Jews comprised some 4% of the electorate; today this constituency accounts for less than 2%. The Jewish vote continues to decline in proportion to the overall national population and in relationship to other ethnic communities, portending a further weakening of this community's political prowess at the polls.
This political reality may create a discussion around whether there still exists a "Jewish vote" or what strategic roles this constituency can play in future elections.
Despite all of the hype associated with the "Jewish vote," Barack Obama held this constituency securing around 69% of the vote. While this percentage is below his 2008 total of 78%, Jews clearly remain embedded inside the Democratic Party. Since 1916 Democratic presidential candidates have on average secured 71% of the Jewish electorate. Jimmy Carter, George McGovern, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis received less support from Jews than this President. This respondent had suggested prior to the election a 9-12% adjustment in the 2012 Jewish vote.
The number of Jewish elected officials at the federal level is dropping and the 2012 election points dramatically to these losses. Therefore, the overall political clout for the community will be undergoing a fundamental change. With fewer members in the House and Senate, this marker of political influence will need to be recast.
No doubt, there will be a new round of recrimination and anger from within the Jewish community following these election results. With Jews deeply divided over the President and his conduct of foreign affairs, the discourse around Israel and American priorities will remain intense over the months ahead. As in the past, American Jews did not vote the "Israel card" in this election but rather joined with other Americans in focusing their political energy around the economy, health care, and a host of other domestic-based considerations.


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The Devon GTX was supposed to be based on the Dodge Viper. Unfortunately, Scott Devon's $5.5 million bid for the Viper brand and factory was turned down. What can he use instead?
All Viper assets, including the name and production facility have been turned over to Fiat, but the Italian automaker hasn't announced any plans to continue the brand or vehicle beyond Chrysler's plan to kill it in 2011.
Right now, Devon doesn't have anything to put under the GTX's sexy bodywork. Designed by Daniel Paulin, it's heavily based on the Paulin VR concept. Expect to see a concept at Pebble Beach in August, but without the Viper platform and 8.0-liter V10 it's just a body. In order to reach production, Devon needs to find an existing platform that's already been crash-tested and certified for sale in America. Will he use a Corvette platform? What about the Panoz Esparante? What else is there? [Devon Motor Works]


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Transport stocks keep on truckin'May 6, 2013: 12:39 PM ET
Back the truck up! Shares of two major trucking companies were on fire Monday.
YRC Worldwide (YRCW) surged 41%, and Arkansas Best (ABFS) jumped 39%.
The gains pushed the Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT) to an all-time high.
It was a remarkable achievement considering that FedEx (FDX), one of the largest components of the transport index, was not the main driver, as one trader pointed out on StockTwits.
impressive (not fedex $FDX) New all-time highs for the Transportation Index ($IYT), led by trucking stocks: $YRCW $SWFT
The rally came after YRC reported a quarterly loss late Friday that was smaller than the loss it suffered in the same period a year ago.
Related: Riding the road to recovery
It was a rare bit of good news for YRC, which has been struggling to avoid bankruptcy since it went on a debt-fueled acquisition spree just before the bottom fell out of the economy in 2008.
YRC was nearly delisted from the Nasdaq in 2011 after its stock fell to 3 cents a share. But the stock has come roaring back in May, climbing more than 70% in the past two trading days alone. The stock hit a high Monday above $14 a share.
While the company still has a lot of work to do, YRC has made significant progress on its turnaround plan, according to analysts at BB&T Capital Markets, who raised their rating on the stock to Hold from Underweight.
On StockTwits, traders welcomed the rebound, but there was some debate over how long the momentum will last.
$YRCW tends to really momo when sector looks on the mend $ABFS 30% gap too
$YRCW back above 13 okay, I'm getting a feel for your scalping ranges.
Meanwhile, shares of Arkansas Best rallied after the company said it had reached a tentative 5-year contract with the Teamsters Union. The news seemed to ease concerns about the company's labor costs, which have weighed on the stock recently.
$ABFS reached tentative deal with Union. Been negotiating for a long time & it looks like they are getting close to official deal.
@1nvestor: $ABFS is up 30% here, yowza" <-- must really be Arkansas's Best!... at least today


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Marlon's House in Arequipa
Welcome to Marlon's House in Arequipa, you're personal stepping stone to discovering the great sights, sounds, and tastes of Peru.
At Marlon's House you will be pleased to find a warm and friendly reception. With clean rooms, a peaceful courtyard for your complementary breakfast, and a rooftop terrace to enjoy coffee or coca tea, this is the perfect place to unwind while travelling on the go. Marlon's House in Arequipa is located on a quiet street just a few blocks from the center, close to all the museums, cathedrals, restaurants, and nightlife.
The staff is made up of Marlon's friends and family who speak English as well as Spanish and are very knowledgeable about any questions you might have. Do you have any plans? Because at Marlon's House one of our staff can assist you to plan excursions, volcano treks, and all-inclusive offers to give you the best experience possible at low-cost.
There is so much to do in Peru! So whether you're a group, couple, or lone traveller come to Marlon's House in Arequipa, Cuzco, or Puno and plan your itinerary.
This new Marlons House in Arequipa, will ensure you have an unforgettable stay in Arequipa. They are knowledgeable about the city and surrounding areas, and can help plan your time to ensure you make the most of your stay.
Marlons Travel service can assist you with planning and booking experiences such as trips to Colca canyon trek or tourist bus tour and also misty climbing ,river rafting, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, Jungle Treks, City Tours, Train/Bus/Flight reservations and more. We can help you to make the most of this exciting and memorable trip, giving you the time and freedom to enjoy without the worry of the organization.
Our aim is to make your stay as comfortable as possible while you are here and to help you enjoy a taste of family life while staying at our property.
Marlons House Arequipa is located exactly in old San Lazaro Barrio. Only a few blocks from San Francisco plaza and three blocks (straight down the road) from the beautiful, busy Plaza de Armas and even closer to Restaurant ,pub,bar,museums.supermarket. Also, the huge city market is just around the corner! Marlons House is located so perfectly it doesnt take longer than 10 minutes to walk anywhere. By taxi, 6 soles or less will get you anywhere in Arequipa, including the airport, bus or train station.
At Marlons House Arequipa guests have a wide choice of rooms, from dorms to private doubles, triples, doubles, share baths and some with ensuites and TV with full cable service. All of our rooms are secure, clean, spacious and comfortable with fitted wardrobes, new cosy beds and warm blankets. You can also enjoy hot showers with fluffy towels provided.
Enjoy the sunshine and the beautiful views of the city from our roof terrace . We can store your luggage securely at any cost if you are going on one of the many adventures close to Arequipa and our reception is 24 hours, offering a safe and secure place for you to come home to.
Marlons House Arequipa Offer to you; Free internet,wireless, laundry service, kitchen access, hot wter with solar pannels, fluffy towels, breakfast, security box, luggage storage.pick up service from the bus terminal at any time.
Not to mention, Marlons Travel is a tour agency (Marlon's Travel) located right in the house, it is reliable and can arrange any adventure in Peru making your planning convenient and worry free at great prices!
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B-17 Aluminum Overcast Tour
You're now invited to relive that story on a historic flight aboard the EAA's beautifully restored B-17 Flying Fortress, Aluminum Overcast.
More than just an airplane, the B-17 is living history that holds a remarkable connection to the past and is the most iconic image of World War II.
Today, it serves as a tribute to those known as the greatest generation: the bold men and women who built and served on the heavy bombers in the 1940s.
Relive the story. Join the flight.
We graciously thank Tempest for helping to keep the B-17 flying. All ticket proceeds support the Experimental Aircraft Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing The Spirit of Aviation with everyone. Our tour stops are hosted by volunteers who are passionate about sharing the B-17's stories.
Questions? Call 800-359-6217.
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EAA's B-17G has a remarkable story. One filled with daring missions and personal sacrifice. You're now invited to relive that story on a historic flight aboard the EAA's beautifully restored B-17 Flying Fortress, Aluminum Overcast.
Stand in the footsteps of the bombardier, the navigator, and the waist gunner and relive history by flying in one of World War II's most vital and magnificent aircraft.


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Iraqi Student Shoots American Christian Teacher, Himself
A local Muslim student at a private school in northern Iraq fatally shot his gym teacher, a Christian from the United States, before shooting himself on Thursday. Local authorities said sectarianism was not the motive, but the victim's father disagrees.
Biyar Sarwar, an 18-year-old student at the Classical School of the Medes in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, shot his gym teacher Jeremiah Small, a 33-year-old American citizen and reportedly a believing Christian, before turning the gun on himself during a morning sports lecture Thursday, The Daily World reported.
While Small died on the spot, Sarwar died later at a hospital in Sulaimaniyah, about 160 miles northeast of the national capital city of Baghdad.
Small was from Cosmopolis, western Washington state near the coast. Small, locally seen as an intensely religious man, went to Iraq seven years ago to teach after graduating from Central Washington University.
"He is one of my personal heroes of the faith," Pastor Brad Gill of Light and Life Community Church in Hoquiam was quoted as saying. "He influenced thousands of people in his life. He is one of the deepest Biblical thinkers I know, and he poured his life into his students and the staff in that school."
The victim's father, J. Dan Small, recalled, "Every time he went through the airport scanner we knew we were having to let go, not knowing if we would ever see him again. He was doing what he loved doing and his students are testifying to that. He told his mom at Christmas that he didn't want to die in his sleep."
The Associated Press quoted a witness, Ahmed Mohammed, as saying that an argument erupted between Small and Sarwar in the classroom at the private Christian school. "Then I heard the gunshot. I turned my head and saw the body of the American teacher on the ground with blood near it. All the students started to run out of the room. Seconds later, as I was running to the reach the school gate, I heard another gunshot."
In a short while, another student shouted that Sarwar had killed himself, the witness said. "So I rushed back to the class with other students to see the teacher on the ground with three bullets in his head and chest, and bloody, and Biyar with a bullet in his head."
Sulaimaniyah police said the shooting appeared to be a murder-suicide without mentioning any motive. City Mayor Zana Hama Saleh was quoted as saying that Small was not a missionary, and Sarwar "had no radical religious tendencies." "Maybe the student had mental problems," she said.
However, Small's father said other witnesses on Facebook suggest the shooting occurred as his son was opening his class in prayer as was his custom. "My kids have been in touch with students over there who were in the classroom and it did not happen as is being represented," he said.
Iraq's Kurdish region is known to be peaceful as opposed to the rest of the country where bombings and shootings are not uncommon. However, persecution of local Christians in the region surfaced recently.


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Simpler super's coming
Reforms, including a standard default option, are set to put more money in the pockets of customers.
It took a financial crisis for people to question whether their superannuation fund was delivering on its promise of a comfortable, self-funded retirement. After several government inquiries, reform of the $1.4 trillion superannuation system is on its way, with a focus on lower fees and greater simplicity and transparency.
Many investors and industry insiders are critical of constant government tinkering with super, but the test will be whether the changes produce better retirement outcomes for fund members.
The research director of Rainmaker, Alex Dunnin, says the changes will have a big impact on consumers, even though they will take a while to filter through the system. ''They will also make the superannuation industry more accountable,'' he says.
Here is a rundown of the big reforms on the way.
Beginning next year, the super guarantee will be ratcheted up from 9 per cent to 12 per cent by 2020. Of all the coming changes, this is the one guaranteed to put more money in your pocket.
Employees will receive a 0.25 per cent increase in their compulsory super guarantee payments on July 1 next year, 0.25 per cent in 2014, then 0.5 per cent a year until 2019-20.
Dunnin says increasing the guarantee to 12 per cent means people will be working for about six weeks a year just to tip money into super. With so much at stake, he says people will start demanding more from their fund.
From July 1 next year the majority of working Australians will be switched into a new product called MySuper. MySuper is a low-cost, simple fund designed to replace existing default funds - the option that's chosen for you if you don't choose one yourself.
A MySuper fund must offer a single, diversified investment strategy, charge no entry fees, inbuilt adviser fees or commissions and charge a low annual member fee. They may also offer services such as life insurance and financial advice. All funds will have to offer MySuper as their default investment option, whether they are industry, public sector, corporate or retail funds. Federal Treasury estimates that someone aged 30 today on average earnings could be $150,000 better off on retirement, thanks to the combined benefits of MySuper and the increase in the super guarantee.
The government hopes fees on MySuper funds will fall to about 0.66 per cent, although just the threat of MySuper has put downward pressure on fees.
According to Chant West, the average fee on a $50,000 balance has fallen from 2.4 per cent three years ago to 1.9 per cent for retail super funds, while the average fee on industry, public sector and corporate funds has stayed at 1.1 per cent.
However, costs and contributions are only one part of the investment equation; returns net of fees and tax are the final measure of success or failure.
Dunnin says the changes will turn super into a blood sport. ''Greater simplicity will make it easier to compare products and people will gravitate to funds that offer a value proposition,'' he says.
The government's FoFA reforms are designed to promote cheaper, more transparent and accessible financial advice for all investors, including super members. Previously common practices such as automatic commissions on financial products will be banned.
Retail funds are already beginning to unbundle super investment platforms from advice for investors who want a no-frills product. Another trend is the move to scaled advice, where people are offered different levels of financial planning according to their needs.
The director of education and professional standards at the Self-managed Superannuation Professionals Association of Australia, Graeme Colley, says some people might want advice only about insurance, so there is no need to pay for a full financial plan.
From December 31, super funds will transfer ''lost'' accounts of less than $2000, where there have been no contributions for 12 months, to the Australian Taxation Office. Accounts of less than $2000 that belong to members who are contactable but have lain dormant for five years will also be transferred to the Tax Office.
Although people will still be able to claim their lost funds, it is in the interest of members to consolidate their retirement savings into one account they can actively manage.
Also, from January 2014 the Tax Office will use members' tax file numbers to consolidate accounts with less than $1000 where there have been no contributions for two years. This ''auto-consolidation'' should benefit people who have small amounts in multiple accounts being eaten away by fees.
Low-income earners will also receive a boost to their super at the end of the current financial year. From July 1, people earning less than $37,000 are eligible for a government contribution of up to $500 towards their super. Essentially, this is a refund of contributions tax on their super guarantee payments.
At the same time the government co-contribution has been reduced to a maximum of $500. To receive the maximum you need to earn less than $37,000 and make a personal (after-tax) contribution of $1000. The co-contribution cuts out at incomes of $46,920.


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